Tragedy strikes CRPF team on Maoist mission

Tragedy strikes CRPF team on Maoist mission

In the deadliest attack on security forces, Maoists trapped and gunned down 76 security personnel during Operation Green Hunt, an offensive against the Left-wing extremists, on Tuesday morning in the thick forests of Mukrana in Dantewada district of Chattisgarh.

Image: Policemen look at the bodies of CRPF men, who were killed in a Maoist attack at DantewadaPhotographs: Reuters

Tragedy strikes Operation Greenhunt

The incident took place between 6 am and 7 am, when nearly 80 personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force and the state police were returning after opening a road for the troops, to begin an operation against Maoists.

Image: Bodies of policemen who were killed in a Maoist attack, seen lying on the groundPhotographs: Reuters